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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Amy-Jane Beer

Country diary: Before Hastings was the Battle of Stamford Bridge. And it happened right here, 960 years ago today

The Stamford Bridge battle site on the River Derwent.
The Stamford Bridge battle site on the River Derwent. Photograph: Amy-Jane Beer

The field with freshly sprouted winter wheat sloping down to the River Derwent looks ordinary; however, today feels anything but. Just standing here, strange chills are swarming through my body and converging in my chest.

It happened here.

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